Device for holding perforated game counters



L. W. RICE DEVICE FOR HOLDING PERFORATED GAME COUNTERS Filed Jan. 31, 19 24 2 Sheets--Sheet 1 I/VI/E/VTOR i; W. m

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L. w. RICE DEVICE FOR HOLDING PERFORATED GAME COUNTERS Filed 31, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I0 5 a 5 I0 Mia/ ATTORIVEY Patented July 8, 1924,

UNITED SATES LOUIS W/RICE, OF NEW YORK,-N. Y.

i DEVIOE FOR HOLDING- PERFORATED GAlHE COUNTERS Application filed iIamu ary 31,1924. Serial No. 689,605.

To all whom itgmay concern Be it known that I, LOUIS W. Rron, acitizen of the United States, residing at 325 Fifth Avenue, New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Device for Holding Perforated Game Counters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is a device for holding perforated game counters 'or'the like, and provides a set of nestable players stands for holding their money in separate stacks of different denominations, and also a storage rack nestable with the players stands for holding all the counters, also in stacks of different denominations.

The set of players stands is of improved and simple form, more convenient in use for play and for nesting than existing devices of the general character, and comprises, specifically, a set of four stands, each having four posts arranged on the circumference of a circle, sufficiently far apart to receive stacks of counters of the different denominations, and three holes in the same circle between every two of the posts, the stands corresponding in respect to the positions, numbers and sizes of their posts and holes so that any post will pass through any hole in the nesting operation. By virtue of this construction all of the stands can be alike, and their posts, on which the counters are placed, can be of the same character and diameter in the several stands.

The storage rack can be slipped on over any of the posts projecting upward from the nest of players stands.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing the stands nested and the storage rack in place;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view, on a larger scale, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the stands; and c Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the storage rack.

Each of the players stands 1 has a sheet metal base 2 formed with a rim 3 to rest on the table and a slightly raised top 4:. Se-

. posts in each stand, and in thesame' circle ltherewith, is f a seriesof three holes 6 through the base,-making twelve holes in each stand. The posts" and the holes are alike in all the stands, and they are so disposed that the four posts of any stand will pass through any set of four holes in any other stand. The four stands can thus be nested in any order. The four posts of the bottom stand then pass through four holes of the stand next above, the remaining holes of this stand being unoccupied, the eight posts of these two stands pass through eight of the holes in the next stand above, and the twelve posts of these three stands occupy all the holes of the stand on top.

The nestable storage rack 7 may be somewhat modified in form, but it is preferably made of two cross-arms 8 united at the middle, and having perforations 9 inwardly of their ends. These holes will slip over any four of the posts of the nest of stands, ninety degrees apart. Outwardly beyond the holes the arms carry four posts 10, which when everything is nested are disposed outside the circle of the posts 5. These four posts will receive the entire collection of counters for the game, it being convenient to place a different denomina tion on each post.

The invention is not necessarily limited to a set of four players stands, and if there should be more it will be obvious that there will be more holes in the stands for the posts to pass through in nesting, so that,

counters, each stand comprising a'base and a plurality of posts rising therefrom torreceive stacks of counters of dilferent denominations, the posts being alike in all the stands of the set, each base being further provided with holes disposed in a circle with the posts, the number of holes between two posts in each stand being at least as numerous as the remaining number of stands in the set, the construction being such that any post will pass through any hole in nesting the stands.

2. The combination with a set ofplayers stands for perforated game counters, each stand comprising a base plate having posts and holes disposed in a circle for nesting,

of a storage rack adapted to nest with the nest of players stands.

3. The combination with a set of players stands for perforated game counters, each stand comprising a base plate having posts and holes disposed in'a circle for nesting, of a storage rack adapted to nest with the nest of players stands and having posts to receive all the counters in the difierent de nominations.

4. The combination with a set of players stands for perforatedgame counters, each stand comprising a base plate hoving posts Q and holes 1 disposed in a circle for nesting,

of a storage rack adapted to nest with the nest of players" stands and having posts,

outside the ring of posts of the players stands.

5. The combination with a set of players stands for perforated game counters, each stand comprising a base plate having posts and holes disposed in a circle for nesting, of a storage rack comprising cross-arms perforated inwardly of their endsto slip over 7 the posts of the nest of players racks and carrying posts on their outer portions.

LOUIS W. RICE. 

